Basket or receptacle.



J. A. GREENLEE & H. WEGWART.

BASKET 0R RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1914.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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JAMES A. GREENLEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND HERMAN WEGWART, 0F BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN.

BASKET OR RECEIE'JIACIZrE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedse t 21, 1915 Application filed May 28. 1914. Serial No. 840,467.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES A. GREENLEE, and HERMAN WEGWART, citizens of the United States, imd residing, respectively, at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, and Burlington, Racine county, Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baskets or Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to baskets and similar receptacles and'more particularly to the construction of baskets of the diamond braided splint type and to the means for locking the cover thereon.

One of the objects of our invention is to construct a. basket or receptacle of this type in a manner so that the walls thereof are strong and durable and capable of withstanding considerable lateral strain in both 'a loaded and unloaded condition.

Another object is to provide .the basket or receptacle with a suitable cover that can be securely locked in place in a novel manner and by novel means which assist in adding to the strength of the basket,

These objects and others which will be obvious to those skilled in the art we accomplish by the means and in the manner hereinafter fully described and as more-particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which: I

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal side elevation of abasket or similar receptacle made in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical end elevation thereof having the cover removed; Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof having a portioI of the top or cover broken away to disclose the construction thereof and the manner of braiding the splints of the basket or receptacle body; mg. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 4-4, Fig. 1.

Heretofore in the manufacture of dia-' 'mond-braided splint baskets and other receptacles forthe packaging and shipping of various commodities, it has been customary to form the braids of single veneer splints,-

and these splints were arranged so that those extending in one direction alternately lap over and under the group of splints disposed at an angle thereto. This construction has been found extremely undesirable for the reason that the walls and bottoms of tliese B in the form known as the diamond braids or basket weave and internested therein is a separate inner body formed by slmllarly braiding veneer strips A and B In order toform these bodies into an integral receptacle and interlock the same together, we prefer to interbraid or weave spllnts A and A with the opposite splints l3 and B. This interweaving or interbraiding ofthe splints of the. two bodies we prefer to confine to the corner portions of the receptacle as shown although it is possible to interbraid them at any desired place.

Suitable straps or runners C are secured preferably to the exterior of the basket or receptacle by tacking or otherwise fastening the same parallel to each other longitudinally upon the bottom and vertically upon the ends of the body. The upper edge of the basket or receptacle is preferably finished off by securing the usual hoops or rims D, D, upon the exterior and interior thereof. The basket or receptacle is provided with a lid or cover that preferably comprises a strip of veneer E somewhat thicker than the splints A, &c., and which is shaped to conform to the contour of the finished upper edge or rim. Strengthening "or reinforcing comprises a fastening strip F of relatively narrow thin flexible metal one end of which is preferably inserted up between the hoop D and the adjacent splint 'A where it is turned downwardly against the outer face of saidhoop. The lower or longer portion of .the metal fastening strip is then bent upwardly flat against he outer face of the hoop and then dow wardly and inwardly are until it is flat upon the upper cleat e of the cover to which it is secured by tacks f that are driven therethrough into the' cleat and cover plate.

Should it be desired to use the basket or receptacle several times only the fastening strips F on one side thereof should be loosened and it will be found that those on the opposite side will act as hinges that permit the cover to 'be raised but not removed from the top of the basket or receptacle.

From the above description it will also be seen that the cleats 6 will act as acrossbrace to the rim of the basket or receptacle and will materiallv assist the same against lateral strains.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A receptacle comprising a plurality of inner and outer braided bodies and having areas wherein the inner and outer bodies are braided with each other.

2. A receptacle comprising a plurality of inner and outer braided bodies and having 25 areas wherein the inner and outer bodies are braided with each other,'and hoops serectangular shaped outer body and a corre 30 spondingly shaped inner body disposed therein, said inner and outer bodies comprising separate braided splints that interlock with each other at the corners of said receptacle, and hoops secured to the upper edges of said bodies.

In. testimony whereof we each aflix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. GREENLE-E. HERMAN WEGVART. 1 Witnesses to signature of James A. Green- E. K. LUNDY, Jr., BENJ. T. RoonHoUsn. Witnesses to signature of Herman Wegwartz I KATHERINE WABREK, JoHN T. BRASCH. 

